Steering Racks and Power Steering Pumps

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Steering Racks and Power Steering Pumps

Reply #30 – March 07, 2011, 04:14:27 PM

Got everything back together. It was a breeze but did take most of the day Saturday after we had to make a couple of parts runs. The guys at Advance Auto screwed me up because they only ordered one tie rod end! This is after I told them I needed both outers...grrr. We ran to every parts store in town and finally found another one at O-reillys. Got it home and it was non-greasable while the one from Advance was greasable!

I didn't want to mix and match so I ended up just putting the original tie rods back on. They felt OK and we cleaned them up in the parts washer...so hopefully they last awhile. I'd imagine they are just as good as the new ones!

Anyway, I will probably go get the car tonight (its in my uncles garage) and get it aligned in the next couple of weeks.

Steering Racks and Power Steering Pumps

Reply #31 – March 07, 2011, 04:20:05 PM

I had a royal bugger of a time getting the fittings back on the rack. Then I had problems getting the column to line up and ended up dropping the column out the bottom of the dash. Sounds like you had a much easier time. I was cussing and bleeding and fed up by the time it was done. If it had leaked after I got finished....I would have junked the car.. no joke.

Steering Racks and Power Steering Pumps

Reply #32 – March 08, 2011, 08:27:49 PM

Yeah, those fittings were sorta hard to get a wrench to once the rack was back in the car. My uncle did the steering shaft part while I was fiddling with the fittings but he seemed to not have any trouble with it either.

Funny how no two cars are the same. Some cars are a PITA to do certain things to while on another exact same car the same job is a breeze.

Steering Racks and Power Steering Pumps

Reply #33 – March 08, 2011, 09:07:35 PM

Quote from: jcassity;348189

im not sure what is being said here.
my 20th got changed to the higher ratio and i dont have any issues with the power steering pump.

Using a 20:1 rack with a 15:1 pump isn't that big of an issue. However, using the 20:1 pump with a 15:1 rack is. On quick transitions the rack can lock-up, as the pump is over-boosting the steering. Not fun...